Gaza
Israeli warplanes kill Palestinian naval police captain in Rafah strike
Image credit: Shehab Wire (EN)
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The Interior Ministry announced that Captain Abdel Jawad Joudeh, an officer in the Palestinian naval police, was killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on a police checkpoint in the al-Mawasi area of Rafah in southern Gaza. Two civilians were also wounded in the attack, Shehab Wire reported.
The strike targeted a police position in the coastal district of the southern Gaza city.
